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Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt enlisted an EPA aide to help his wife find a job — at Chick-fil-A — Three months after Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, his executive scheduler emailed Dan Cathy, chairman and president of the fast food company Chick-fil-A …
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Bloomberg:
Republican Senator Calls Pruitt ‘as Swampy as You Get’ — Republican Senator Joni Ernst blasted allegations of ethical misconduct by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, calling him “about as swampy as you get.” — Pruitt's tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency is under intensifying scrutiny …
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Political Wire and The Week
TMZ.com:
Designer Kate Spade Dead at 55, Suicide by Hanging — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — Iconic fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday morning in her NYC apartment ... TMZ has learned. — Law enforcement sources confirm a housekeeper found Kate's body at 10:20 AM ET in her Park Avenue home.
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Officials: Designer Kate Spade found dead in apartment — NEW YORK (AP) — New York fashion designer Kate Spade was found hanged in her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, law enforcement officials said. — The 55-year-old left a note at the scene and was found …
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Paul Manafort Loses His Cool — At the height of his powers as a political consultant, Paul Manafort was known for his cool. In fact, the value of his counsel increased at moments of crisis. While others panicked, Manafort rarely evinced a hint of frazzle.
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering
Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering
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Jeff Tavss / WPLG-TV:
Family of Stoneman Douglas student advocate David Hogg ‘swatted’ at home — Hogg was not home at time of incident — CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The family of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg was “swatted” Tuesday morning, causing police to respond to their Parkland home.
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Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed:
A SWAT Team Cleared The Home Of David Hogg After A Hoax Call
A SWAT Team Cleared The Home Of David Hogg After A Hoax Call
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RedState, Breitbart, CBS Miami, Shareblue Media, No More Mister Nice Blog, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Judge: Trump can be deposed in Summer Zervos lawsuit — A judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump can be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought last year by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who says Trump kissed and groped her after she appeared on the show.
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Trump must sit for deposition in Zervos defamation case: judge
Trump must sit for deposition in Zervos defamation case: judge
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New York Magazine
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
New York judge rules defamation suit against Trump can move forward
New York judge rules defamation suit against Trump can move forward
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Reuters
Nicole Darrah / Fox News:
Trump says Philadelphia Eagles won't attend White House ceremony amid national anthem dispute — President Trump announced Monday the Philadelphia Eagles will not visit the White House this week to celebrate the team's Super Bowl win amid the national anthem dispute.
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Philly.com:
Trump cancels Eagles' White House celebration on eve of visit after fewer than 10 players planned to attend
Trump cancels Eagles' White House celebration on eve of visit after fewer than 10 players planned to attend
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Deana Gamble / Mayor Kenney's Statement …:
Mayor Kenney's Statement on Eagles' Cancelled White House Visit
Mayor Kenney's Statement on Eagles' Cancelled White House Visit
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire conservative donor David Koch to retire from Koch Industries, influential political network — Billionaire industrialist, donor and political activist David Koch will retire from his roles at Koch Industries and other Koch-affiliated groups due to health reasons.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Conservative icon David Koch leaving business, politics
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Is Getting Away With the Biggest Scandal in American History — The other evening I was on a cable news show to cover the latest Russia news of the day—and I had an epiphany. — We were talking about a recent scoop from Michael Isikoff, the co-author of my latest book, Russian Roulette.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Sidelines Effort to Appoint Justice Department No. 3 — Early potential candidates said they weren't interested in the position, which would oversee the Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein were to depart — The Trump administration has put its search for the Justice Department's …
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Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump blames Sessions for Russia probe, suggests he could have shut it down
Trump blames Sessions for Russia probe, suggests he could have shut it down
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Vox, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
A.P. Joyce / Mic:
Keith Ellison will run for Minnesota attorney general — On Tuesday, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) officially filed to run for attorney general in his home state of Minnesota, marking a major shift in his political trajectory. — Ellison has been a rising star within the Democratic party for years …
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New Republic, HuffPost, RRH Elections, Daily Kos and Politico
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Ellison launches bid for Minnesota attorney general
Ellison launches bid for Minnesota attorney general
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Washington Post and twitchy.com
Daily Mail:
The former president carried on a lengthy affair with Lewinsky, often trysting with her just steps from the Oval Office … Clinton was referring to the 1998 National Prayer Breakfast, where he said he was sorry for the affair that nearly ended his political career.
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Townhall, Daily Wire and Refinery29
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Did Bill Clinton really think he could dodge #MeToo?
NBC News:
Hundreds of migrant kids separated from parents are stuck at border stations — WASHINGTON — Border agents and child welfare workers are running out of space to shelter children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border as part of the Trump administration's new …
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ThinkProgress, The Guardian, Shakesville, Splinter and Washington Free Beacon
Washington Post:
Trump fixates on pardons, could soon give reprieve to 63-year-old woman after meeting with Kim Kardashian — President Trump is privately telling aides that he is strongly considering pardoning Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence, after meeting with Kim Kardashian …
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ABC News
Justin Worland / TIME:
Here's the Campaign Howard Schultz Could Run for President — Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz's announcement that he will leave the company at the end of the month prompted immediate speculation about a potential political future for the man who built Starbucks into a global behemoth.
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CNBC, Hit & Run, Fortune and National Review
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Outgoing Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left …
Outgoing Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left …
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Axios, Splinter, New York Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Politico:
McConnell cancels most of August recess — The chamber will still be off for one week. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on Tuesday that he has canceled three weeks of the chamber's month-long August recess due to “historic obstruction” by Democrats.
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Bloomberg, Axios, Joe.My.God. and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions On Children Separated From Parents At Border, F-1 Visas For PRC Students, And Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions joined me this morning to discuss the Administration's policies at the border vis-a-vis children, whether unaccompanied or with a parent:
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Yahoo:
Calls grow in Germany for expulsion of disputed US envoy — Berlin (AFP) - Leading politicians of Germany's left-wing parties on Tuesday called for the US ambassador to be expelled, after the staunch defender of Donald Trump was accused of meddling in domestic politics and aggravating already tense ties.
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Joe.My.God. and The American Conservative
Amanda Mull / Racked:
Body Positivity Is a Scam — How a movement intended to lift up women really just limits their acceptable emotions. Again. — In the beginning, there was the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. It started innocuously enough, with a 2004 photography show in Toronto, then expanded to billboards …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
America's allies should respond to steel tariffs with targeted sanctions on the Trump Organization — Forget retaliating against America; retaliate against something Trump cares about: his money. — Our trade partners are planning to respond to President Donald Trump's imposition of new taxes …
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Washington Post, Salon, One America News Network and CNN
Becky Peterson / Business Insider:
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi insists that leaders say they ‘have the D’ in meetings—and bewildered employees aren't sure if he gets the other meaning — In a memo obtained by Business Insider, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi encouraged employees to say that they “have the D” when they have the authority to make decisions in meetings.
News Corp:
Matt Murray Named Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires Gerard Baker To Become Editor-at-Large; Will Host WSJ Conferences and a new WSJ Program on Fox Business News — Matt Murray has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Charlottesville Hate Marcher Elected by Republican Party … An affiliate of a “pro-white” group who marched in Charlottesville last year was elected to a Republican Party post in Washington state last week, part of his campaign to take over the GOP for the alt-right.
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Shakesville and Political Wire
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Hacked: 92 Million Account Details for DNA Testing Service MyHeritage — On Monday MyHeritage announced a security researcher had uncovered tens of millions of account details for recent customers, including email addresses and hashed passwords. — When you sign up to a website handling …
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
FCC Emails Show Agency Spread Lies to Bolster Dubious DDoS Attack Claims — As it wrestled with accusations about a fake cyberattack last spring, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) purposely misled several news organizations, choosing to feed journalists false information …
Pew Research Center:
Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue, more among Republicans — If you feel like there is too much news and you can't keep up, you are not alone. A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is, though the sentiment is more common on the right side …
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Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Agence France-Presse:
Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity — An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector in January 2014 disconnects cascades for 20 percent uranium production at the nuclear power plant of Natanz, some 300 kilometres south of Tehran
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Sean Hannity